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German verb · CEFR B1

trennen

Meaning in English: to separate; to split up

Rank 4,951 of 5,000verbLevel B1
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Example

Bei uns trennen alle den Müll.

Everyone here separates their rubbish.

How common is trennen?

trennen is number 4,951 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 63,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 4,947der Ringring
  2. 4,948die Tagesordnungagenda
  3. 4,949arbeitework (1st person)
  4. 4,950stiegenrose, climbed (past plural)
  5. 4,951trennento separate; to split up
  6. 4,952die Beschwerdecomplaint
  7. 4,953Kreisescircle, district (genitive)
  8. 4,954unabhängigenindependent
  9. 4,955die Vertretungsubstitute, representation

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